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Swine Behavior/Swine Welfare

Fatigue Causes Majority

Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Canadian livestock consultant completes study of commercial livestock hauling mishaps. Bad weather often gets the blame, but in actuality, driver fatigue...More

Welfare audits and guidelines

Fatigue Causes Majority

Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Canadian livestock consultant completes study of commercial livestock hauling mishaps. Bad weather often gets the blame, but in actuality, driver fatigue...

Assessing Sow Removal

Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM

Support system offers objective tool to help make culling decisions. Removing sows from the breeding herd for reproductive problems becomes a relatively...

Trial Tracks Impact Of Feeding Frequency

Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor

Aggression, body condition scores and reproductive levels were compared when sows were fed twice vs. six times/day. Kansas State University researchers...

Regulations

Processing Downers Could Bring Fine, Plant Shutdown

Mar 20, 2008 4:47 PM

Three senators have co-sponsored legislation that would fine and close livestock slaughter plants that repeatedly process downed animals...

Humane Society Submits Signatures for California Ballot

Feb 28, 2008 5:27 PM

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in an announcement released on. Feb. 28, that it has submitted the number of signatures necessary to bring an anti-animal cruelty ballot initiative before California voters in November...

Oregon Passes Gestation Stall Ban

Jul 5, 2007 11:14 AM, By Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor

The legislature of Oregon has become the first in the nation to pass a ban of sow gestation stalls. Two states, Florida and Arizona, approved voter ballot initiatives outlawing their use...



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Special Report from the 39th Swine Veterinarians Meeting

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) held its 39th annual meeting in San Diego, CA, in early March. Following are some of the activities which took place...

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